TOP OF THE HILL 2008
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BEST BOOKSTORE
BY TRIGG EDWARDS editor@kansan.com
Fans joining in the rush to buy memorabilia and spirit wear at the KU Bookstore after football games aren't just supporting the team, they're supporting student-run organizations, too.
All of the proceeds of the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union go to student-run organizations. This is possible because the University owns the store, but it is operated as if it were a non-profit organization.
Noel Montelongo, Dodge City senior, has worked at the KU Bookstore since July 2008. He said he had experienced firsthand the chaos of game day.
The store sells textbooks and clothing and has a tech shop, an Apple store and the shipping or catalogue department. Each section of the store functions as a unit, but they work together.
"It's like customer after customer. It's crazy," Montelongo said. "We have a lot of complainers because we aren't supposed to give discounts on sale items."
Customers sometimes avoid the textbook wing of the store to flock to the clothes. The clothing department sells basketball and football jerseys and other spirt wear.
"Its pretty steady. Normally during rush week and the first few weeks of school we
have a lot of people buying their books," Megan Lutes, Topeka freshman and bookstore employee, said. "During finals people come to buyback their books."
Students can also order textbooks online and have them shipped to their homes. The catalogue department handles processing, shipping and carrying out the orders.
"We take the online orders, the phone orders and ship them out. It's mainly over the phone they call and place them," Ross Wildin, Hutchinson junior and bookstore employee, said. "You get some interesting people who will call and give you their life story."
The online store sells textbooks, hats, shorts, short- and long-sleeved T-shirts, polo's, outerwear, toys and even a KU chip and dip set. After major events related to the University, such as the 2008 Orange Bowl and National Championship, people ordered team memorabilia in a frenzy.
"We still ship out Orange Bowl and National Championship; we have the Daily Kansan posters from the Orange Bowl and the National Championship," Wildin said.
The bookstore is useful for more than buying textbooks that cost your left leg. It instead gives a slice of KU to visiting customers and helps support student organizations.
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